So who has completed the campaign?

[offsides]

Originally Posted by selenite

I'm also thinking a Mk I overrunning a town hex with 9 INF and a SHVY should be considered a bug, but I'm not reporting it. :)

Well, even if you don't report it, I'm thinking that Mk I is getting squashed like a bug...

[selenite]

It rammed the SHVY so it didn't go down without a fight. But, yes, it was a quick squashing.

I need to watch the Ogre overruns more carefully. I think they're taking a shot with their APs in the ramming phase, which is not how GEV overruns work IIRC.

[sir_pudding]

Originally Posted by selenite

I need to watch the Ogre overruns more carefully. I think they're taking a shot with their APs in the ramming phase, which is not how GEV overruns work IIRC.

Yeah they are definitely shooting APs in both phases. I keep meaning to look up if this is as wrong as I think it is.

[Thirdpower]

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

Yeah they are definitely shooting APs in both phases. I keep meaning to look up if this is as wrong as I think it is.

Oh good, it wasn't just me. Yeah. We need to get that reported.

[TokyoDan]

Originally Posted by GranitePenguin

I just finished the campaign, and all I can say is (especially in #10) save often. It seems to have some gremlins in it that cause the scenario to barf. I was 2 turns away from easily completing it when I tried the replay button for the first time (the game routed my Mark III through rubble and got it stuck). That's probably a UI/AI bug in itself... there was a clear path the other way, why would it ever route through something it can get stuck in when there's no reason to?

The second time, I was on the final turn and decided to overrun the objective with my mark IV, and the overrun got locked up into a loop where I couldn't target the building to fire, or ram. being a long scenario, I was not very happy being 2+ hours into it (again) to be screwed on the final turn. thankfully, I did a save game and load and even though what loaded was a little odd, it still let me finish the scenario.

So fair warning, things are still a bit dodgy so save often.

Other than that, overall I'm very happy with the concepts in the scenarios. most of them play well, even if they didn't seem particularly difficult. I really think the last one is unbalanced; it was way too easy, especially with the reinforcements. There were still a few lingering bugs around disabled units that probably helped a little, but they didn't make that much of a difference. I still had an overwhelming force at the end of the game.

I think with some AI improvements, they would be harder/more balanced

Did you ever try loading any of the games your had saved? I found that loading a game produces a game state that, at best, is completely out of sync in its phases, or, at worst, produces hung game that is in a state that is 5 turns or more before what was saved.

[sir_pudding]

Originally Posted by TokyoDan

Did you ever try loading any of the games your had saved? I found that loading a game produces a game state that, at best, is completely out of sync in its phases, or, at worst, produces hung game that is in a state that is 5 turns or more before what was saved.

Better those than the ones that leave you in control of Nightfall's units and won't let you end phase.

[GranitePenguin]

Originally Posted by TokyoDan

Did you ever try loading any of the games your had saved? I found that loading a game produces a game state that, at best, is completely out of sync in its phases, or, at worst, produces hung game that is in a state that is 5 turns or more before what was saved.

Only once, and that was out of desperation because the save/load is so unstable right now. It got me out of a jam the one time I tried to use it, but the game state was weird, to say the least. Better than having to start over again, but only barely.

[GuyMacon]

Originally Posted by TokyoDan

Did you ever try loading any of the games your had saved? I found that loading a game produces a game state that, at best, is completely out of sync in its phases, or, at worst, produces hung game that is in a state that is 5 turns or more before what was saved.

I am reporting this as having been fixed. See [ http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=152434 ]. Please retest and confirm that the bug you are talking about still exists.

[piningforthefjords]

Just got finished. It was a pretty good experience overall. Extra thanks to the forum members who suggested to save often. Otherwise I don't think I would have finished I would have been too mad about the endless overrun loops that I found myself in multiple times - including overrunning the last Nightfall CP in the last scenario and getting trapped in a loop! As it was I just exited and reloaded a saved game (I was saving every move or two) and all was good.

[GranitePenguin]

Originally Posted by piningforthefjords

Just got finished. It was a pretty good experience overall. Extra thanks to the forum members who suggested to save often. Otherwise I don't think I would have finished I would have been too mad about the endless overrun loops that I found myself in multiple times - including overrunning the last Nightfall CP in the last scenario and getting trapped in a loop! As it was I just exited and reloaded a saved game (I was saving every move or two) and all was good.

Yeah, that was exactly the experience I had. Down to the very last turn, ready to win and get stuck in an overrun wormhole... Arrgh!